iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly one of every 25 weapons the U.S. military bought for Iraqi security forces is missing and many others cannot be repaired because parts or technical manuals are lacking, a government audit said Sunday. The Defense Department cannot account for 14,030 weapons — almost 4%...

Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002, and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Somehow we were sent to invade a nation because it was a direct threat to the American people, or to the world, or harbored terrorists...

How do we solve our problems there? You choose: Timetables with benchmarks? Benchmarks with timetables?

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/iraq-mission-futile-says-expert/2006/10/24/1161455700729.html There are people in the know popping up everywhere now, saying pretty much the same thing. Even if they sometimes forced to retract the statement for political reasons...

Iraq is not Viet Nam: It's Worse opines Andrew Sullivan in the (UK) Times Online alluding to Bush's recent analogy: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,29449-2415267,00.html

ok poll time ;) Which policy would you pursue? The eight options: what Washington and London are discussing 1 British out now One of the British diplomats involved in talks on Iraq policy said the UK, which has responsibility for the south of Iraq, "could go tomorrow almost ... It would...

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1768887.htm He's just waiting for the US to say when, then he's going. That means he has to cover his ground now, because there's no way Australia will be staying on by itself when it's no longer "Mission Accomplished".

Well, this seems like it's a little out of touch with reality but I honestly can't tell sometimes when it comes to politics. If we can successfully redefine victory in Iraq to mean 'handing it over Iran and Syria', we can do anything. This is why Republicans will kick ass in November.